NEWS OF THE WEEK Anglo-Italian Agreement, Parliament was once again faced by the fundamental difference of opinion between Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Eden. The Prime Minister...

to the Radical Socialist Congress, M. Daladier gave little or no indication of how France's problems are to be solved. His violent attack on the Communists hardly concealed the...

to prove less disastrous for China than might have been expected. The Chinese, after their long and successful resistance, have at length withdrawn from Teian, on the...

ceased to be human beings ; they are driven like cattle from country to country and left to starve in the no-man's-lands between frontiers which have become their only...

and comprehensive allegations of " a political purge " in the League of Nations Secretariat have in the past week gained more currency than they appear, in the light of facts,...

in between Herr von Ribbentrop, the German Foreign Mini -, and Count Ciano, the Italian, has a significance surpa, the problem of the Czechoslovak-Hungarian frontier w • h was...

Minister of Economics, on his recent visit to Sofia, reveal very dearly the methods by which Germany hopes to increase her Balkan trade. Germany proposes to take the whole of...

its vicinity, one of the most important centres of disaffection in Palestine, were occupied without serious resistance by British troops this week. The Arabs have threatened...

hostile or otherwise. It is strange, however, that, up to the time of writing, the Government's critics have had nothing to say about the selection of a peer to be First Lord of...

Agreement was an altogether livelier affair. The Prime Minister made the best of a case which was not easy to argue by representing this latest move as a part of the general...

November 18th (at the usual price), will consist of about I2o pages in a coloured cover, and will contain, in addition to all regular features, special articles by well-known...

The former exhibited all his old faults of delivery which detract so much from his effectiveness, although no one could complain of the content of his speech. His warning...

not wholly satisfy public opinion. The more the Cabinet changes, the more it remains the same. Yet it is agreed by friends and opponents of the Government that what is most...

It was yet another tactical blunder on the part of the official Opposition to postpone their vote of censure on air raid defence until Thursday. No one doubts the importance of...

Scottish Departmental Committee on Nursing whose report was published on Tuesday, to contribute to the scarcity of nurses: These are the competition of other careers open to...

THE debate on international affairs in the House of Commons on Tuesday opened a new chapter in British foreign policy. Its starting-p6int is the Munich Agreement, which,...

M ANY statements have been made in the name of the different Churches in Great Britain during and since the September crisis, but the " message to the nation " issued this week...

T HE riddle of the international situation is not to be read fully or accurately yet. No one knows what further demands, if any, Herr Hitler has to make, or on whom. Mean- while...

By LORD HORDER [In the last article in this series the stringent measures taken in countries like the United States and Nor-way, Sweden and Denmark to regulate the sale and...

By THE EARL OF LYTTON, K.G. [This is the fourth of a series of articles on British Foreign Policy as it must be framed in the situation created by the Munich Agreement ; every...

By S. C. LESLIE [This is the second of a series of four articles discussing the factors which make British public opinion what it is] W HILE the state of public opinion may be...

By D. R. GILLIE A MONTH after the Munich Agreement France is neither cheerful, nor strongly united, nor sure where she is going. All this may change when M. Daladier's decrees...

By ERNEST BARKER [The general subject of Dr: Barker's second article is " My Duty to My Neighbour "] T HE line of Lucretius is famous. Quasi Cursores—like runners in a relay...

By PETER NEUMANN O NE warm day in Washington, D.C., President Roos,- decided that by winter all too many of the nation's population would have no place to lay their heads. He...

By E. M. BELL T HE round-shouldered probationer collected the last of the supper cups on to her trolley and rattled and clanked her way through the door. The swing doors...

Commonwealth and Foreign B y W. J.' ROSE understanding. The first is this : political campaign is to be expected ? Further, since many hold the view that the present Cabinet of...

STAGE AND SCREEN The Sibelius Festival Stamus belongs to the generation of Elgar, Mahler and Richard Strauss. To have named those contemporaries is to give at once the measure...

Katia." At the Academy—"Sixty Glorious Years." At the Odeon "Old Iron." At the London Pavilion PERHAPS it is as well that Mlle. Darrieux has gone to Hollywood to be groomed for...

[D'un correspondent parisien] C'ETAIT Chansonniers et caricaturistes n'ont oublie la distribution de sable que firent les autorites au mom, of la guerre semblait proche. 11...

Dora Gordine DORA GORDINE'S exhibition at the Leicester Galleries shows her genius in its full range of achievement. Her profound sense of pure form in sculpture, heedless...

November Gifts The hunt is up ; the close season over in practice as in law ; a ground frost or two has shrivelled the gourds, beans, and nasturtiums ; and the leaves fall....

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [Correspondents are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. Signed letters are given a preference over those bearing a...

StR,—Sir Arnold Wilson's article in your last week's issue invites many questions. As a Liberal I wish to confine myself to two, which I hope that he will answer. Referring to...

SIR,—In the discussions of foreign policy in your columns room has been found for the extreme both of pessimism and optimism. The former has been represented by Mr. R. C. K....

inaccuracy regarding the Far East, and I would refrain from doing so if the inaccuracy did not disclose a serious misconception about recent events there. He says " we abandoned...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—Does it matter two straws whether Versailles was a just peace rightfully imposed upon Germany as a penalty for numerous high crimes and...

the House of Commons in November; 1932, that the best way to preserve the peace was by the removal of the just grievances of the vanquished while the victors were still strong....

my profound gratitude. and support for the line which The Spectator has taken in these last weeks on the subject of the European crisis. The time for recrimination is past ; it...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] am deeply grateful to you for your attitude durin' g the recent crisis. There is, however, one major point which I would ask you to reconsider....

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Sta,—In your last issue I notice that Mr. J. R. P. Moon in his letter states that nobody except apparently von Ribbentrop knew that we were...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—Mr. Ralph Parker, in his letter published in The Spectator of October 28th and dealing with my article " Can Czecho- slovakia Live ? "...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIRS If " colonies " consisted of cattle and coffee and mineral deposits, we might with an easy conscience bargain with them for peace with...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—Mr. J. Baker White's lists of executions are effective as propaganda, because like lists of atrocities they stimulate emotion at the...

Slit,—In your " News of the Week " paragraph in your issue of October zist on the Oxford election, the following sentence occurs : " Democracy needs defending not only against...

StR, — Now that the Western Democracies have finally reduced themselves to a position where the narrowest measures of self-defence are inevitable, is it not time that they...

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Snt,—Last year you were good enough to publish in The Spectator two letters from me, appealing to your readers to " adopt " the families of...

BOOKS OF THE DAY By H. A. L. FISHER IN the disastrous eclipse of liberty now darkening the continent of Europe the name of Gladstone recovers some- thing of its original...

OF the great importance of textbooks there can be no doubt. Their value has perhaps been exaggerated by H. G. Wells and others, but those which become popular exercise great...

MR. ROTHENSTEIN continues happily his double work of Gallery Director and writer, now he is installed at Millbank, by services to the memory of a painter who has fallen too much...

BASED on the statistical studies undertaken in preparation for three Alfred Marshall Lectures delivered at Cambridge last year, Mr. Hawtrey's latest book suffers from the...

THE well-known French journalist Madame Tabouis has written a rather light-weight book on a subject that deserved more serious treatment. What are the causes, historical,...

The Film of Memory. By Shane Leslie. (Michael Joseph. xis.) THE familiar legend of the drowning man's vision of his past life finds a striking parallel in the film of Mr. Shane...

Pilgrimage. By Dorothy M. Richardson. Four vols. (Dent and Cresset Press. 3os.) Tim long trainload draws by our platform, passes us with an inimical flash of female eyes, and...

By KATE O'BRIEN The Professor. By Rex Warner. (Boriswood. 7s. 6d.) The Bridegroom Cometh. By Waldo Frank. (Gollancz. cos. 6d.) Already Walks Tomorrow. By A. G. Street. (Faber...

Those who like what is called romantic biography—a mixture of fact and fiction—will find Mr. and Mrs. Steeholm's book on James I (Michael Joseph, 15s.) a creditable example of...

The Contemporary Review gives first place to " Munich-- Before and After," by Mr. J. A. Spender, who stoutly defends Mr. Chamberlain's action in " making the best of a bad job."...

CURRENT LITERATURE • Now that the University of London Institute of Historical Research is responsible for the Victoria County History, with Mr. L. F. Salzmann as editor, the...

Motor Ways Generally speaking the speeches of Cabinet Ministers at the annual banquet given by the Society of Motor Manufac- turers and Traders are distinguished by a lightness...

COPPER OUTLOOK THE speech of Sir Auckland Geddes to the shareholders of Rhokana Corporation last week established two essential features of the copper situation : that the trend...

WALL STREET has done its best, in face of some fairly stiff obstacles, to preserve the new atmosphere of hopefulness in markets, but London is not finding it easy to follow Wall...

SOLUTION NEXT WEEK The winner of Crossword No. 318 is Miss Sally Bayfield, 263 Selly Oak Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham, 3o.

BY ZENO [A prize of a Book Token for one guinea will be given to the sender o f the first correct solution of this week's crossword puzzle to be openei. Envelopes should be...